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but it is in Mr. Boys’s list. And the still rarer Black Monk is 
recorded from Lydd Beach, and Queenborough specimens are in 
the Dover Museum. I am indebted to Mr Gordon for the 
information respecting them. 
THE FAMILY PLATALEIDA.—(page 118). 
The Spoonbill, which of late has been a rare visitor to this 
country, has been obtained from the Wingham Marshes by 
Mr. Hammond, and a few years ago a specimen was shot in the 
Sittingbourne district. According to Yarrell, Holland is this bird’s 
favourite summer resort, and it has been found as far South as the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
FAMILY ANATIDA.—(page 118). 
As might have been expected, this large family are represented 
in this neighbourhood by a very large proportion of the species 
that have been found in Britain. This is not so much the case 
because Kent has been their breeding place, as from the fact that 
they have been driven here from many quarters in very severe 
weather. 
The mouths of the Thames, the Medway, and the Stour, and 
the sheltered inlets of the Kentish Coast, have afforded the requisite 
shelter from the storms of the Northern parts of England, and the 
Eastern Counties that border on the North Sea. 
The Geese visit us in flocks most winters, and the most common 
species is the Bean Goose: the Grey Lag Goose, which is considered 
to be the origin from which our domestic race is derived, is not 
nearly so common here as the previous species, according to my 
observation. The Pink-footed Bean Goose, I doubt not, has frequently 
been confounded with the Bean Goose, to which it bears a general 
resemblance. J obtained one in 1887; I find it is not noticed 
by any other authorities. 
The White-fronted Goose is a regular visitor, next to the Bean 
Goose the most abundant. 
The Barnacle Geese seldom visit the inland waters, and are 
mostly found at Sea. 
The Brent Goose is another common winter visitor. 
The Bewick’s Swan is the wild swan generally met with, but 
only occasionally. 
The Whooper Swan is still more rare. The Mute Swan is 
so often kept in ornamental waters, and so frequently strays away 
that it is often shot, and presumed to be wild. 
